Speedy read and my Secret Sis

Good morning yall! My goal was to get some Project Life done on my time off from work which I did, Yay! ...and also started and finished a book in 2 days which I have never done, ever!! Of course I've read books, just not like a speedy gonzales. It is the book based on the movie Divergent, written by Veronica Roth. It is a triology (I love trilogies!) and so I am very anxious to read the next two! I wasn't interested in the movie at all, I thought it was another 'Hunger Games type' but I loved the book! Highly recommend it, folks! And can't wait to see the movie now!!

I mentioned last time that I participate in a Secret Sister Swap on Facebook. It is so fun! We got paired up anonymously by the admins and they had us answer a questionnaire when we started to get an idea of what our SS's style is and what she likes. It is for a 3 month period with a minimum of $15 for each package. We will reveal ourselves the last month! It is really neat seeing my SS share her photos of the package I sent her on fb and seeing how excited she is! My SS did so good! I love everything, thank you SS!!  I promised pics of my first package from her, so here ya go!

I got week 9 and 10 done, still have to do 11 and 12. It has been a few weeks (almost a month!) since I sat down and really pumped out some pages so I felt a little slower starting out. My creative juices started flowing finally! Embellishments are from FF and a few from my Secret Sister! 

I love the pic of Ollie that I did. She was originally in the back of the truck with a maintenance van in the

back. I cut her out, added some stamps and viola!!

Love the navy thickers from Studio Calico's Office Hours kit this month!

So that is all I have for you this time, I'm going to crank out some more layouts before I go back to work tomorrow. Now go read Veronica Roth's Divergent!

Have a marvelous day!!

-the crafty love girl

Quick hello!

I feel like a blog post is overdue, and I just wanted to say hello since I haven't posted in awhile! Got back from Lubbock, went to Houston for a day, and now I am working my 7 on schedule right now. I am well spent after work so I don't think I'll be doing any actual PL on these days. I pretty much come home (or run errands after work...shopping for groceries at 7 am is SO nice!), go to sleep, wake up and try to become a person again (with the help of delicious coffee), walk the dog, get some fresh air, leave for work and do it all over again! I have continued to take photos, enjoy life, and journal so that way when I have my 7 off I can catch up! I have not yet done Week 9 thru Week 11 so those will be on my PL to do list!   By the way, I made a trip out to Ikea and got some things to keep organized! I also sent out my Secret Sister package (I am in a PL Secret Sisters Swap group) and received mine as well!! I will post photos later, gotta get back to the grind! But I can't write a blog post and not include photos, it feels naked, so here are some LOL!

This Week's Happy Mail!! YaY!!!

Freckled Fawn March Kit

Freckled Fawn super cute Sale Items

Studio Calico March PL kit

Love the art for the journal cards this month from SC!

My ever-so-slightly-small washi collection (which will be growing soon)

Happy PL-ing yall! I will be back by next week with some PL pages to share! 

(At least that is my goal for right now!)

- the crafty love girl

First seven off

Week 8 is done! I got them done over a week ago but I've been busy working on my new schedule (830pm - 7am) and adjusting to being home and work at different hours so I haven't been blogging much or Project Life-ing much....but that is also because I am caught up! Yay! On my new schedule I work 7 days on and then get 7 days off!! I will most definitely have more PL and blogging time on my days off from work....and time to make memories!

Products used:
Becky Higgins Love Theme Pack cards on page 1, Freckled Fawn - February Oh Deer Me kit embellishments on both pages and Studio Calico cards from either Jan or Feb (can't remember which) on page 2

I have already started with a bang! My grandma picked me up and we drove over 7 hours to come visit my sister in Lubbock. My mom flew in from CO and all the girls are together! My sister has a big event that she is doing for class and we came to support her. Its a mardi gras theme! I am planning on taking tons of photos! I am so happy to be with family and blessed that this event happenned to fall on my days off!

Have a great week!

- the crafty love girl